Tom Petty – Only A Broken Heart (Bass Tab)

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ONLY A BROKEN HEART (Bassline) As recorded by Tom Petty (From the 1994 Album WILDFLOWERS) Words and Music by Tom Petty Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tom Petty - Bass'

  [Intro]
  Q=98
  4/4
  Gtr I
     W          W          W          W
G||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
D||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
A||o----------|-5--------|----------|-3----o||
E||--5--------|----------|-3--------|-------||

 [Verses 1 & 2]
     W          W          W          W
G||-----------|----------|----------|------|
D||o----------|----------|----------|------|
A||o----------|-5--------|----------|-3----|
E||--5--------|----------|-3--------|------|

   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------||
D|----------|----------|----------|------||
A|----------|-5--------|----------|-3----||
E|-5--------|----------|-3--------|------||

 [Chorus]
   W          H    H      W          +W
G|----------|-----------|----------|--------|
D|----------|-----------|----------|--------|
A|----------|-----------|----------|--------|
E|-0--------|-5----3----|-2--------|-(2)----|

   W          W          W          +W
G|----------|----------|----------|---------||
D|----------|----------|----------|--------o||
A|-3--------|----------|-3--------|-(3)----o||
E|----------|-3--------|----------|---------||

 [Bridge]
 Segno $
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|-1--------|-0--------|-1--------|-0----|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|

   W          W          H.      +E  E   W
G|----------|----------|---------------|------||
D|----------|----------|---------------|------||
A|-1--------|-0--------|---------------|------||
E|----------|----------|-3-------(3)-3-|-3----||

 [Verses 3 & 4]
     W          W          W          W
G||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
D||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
A||o----------|-5--------|----------|-3----o||
E||--5--------|----------|-3--------|-------||

 [Chorus]
   W          H    H      W          +W
G|----------|-----------|----------|--------|
D|----------|-----------|----------|--------|
A|----------|-----------|----------|--------|
E|-0--------|-5----3----|-2--------|-(2)----|

                To Coda          Dal Segno al Coda
   W          W          W          H    Q.   E
G|----------|----------|----------|---------------||
D|----------|----------|----------|---------------||
A|-3--------|----------|-3--------|-3----3----3---||
E|----------|-3--------|----------|---------------||

 Coda &
   W          W          W          H.      +E  E   H    Q  Q
G|----------|----------|----------|---------------|------------||
D|----------|----------|----------|---------------|------------||
A|----------|-3--------|----------|-3-------(3)-3-|-3----------||
E|-3--------|----------|-3--------|---------------|------7--6--||

 [Outro]
     H.      +E  E   H.      +E  E   H.      +E  E
G||----------------|---------------|---------------|
D||o---------------|---------------|---------------|
A||o---------------|-5-------(5)-5-|---------------|
E||--5-------(5)-5-|---------------|-3-------(3)-3-|

   1.,2.            3.
   H.      +E  E  3x W          +W
G|----------------||----------|--------*|
D|---------------o||----------|--------*|
A|-3-------(3)-3-o||-3--------|-(3)----*|
E|----------------||----------|--------*|

*************************************** Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | +() - note tied to previous | S - shift slide | | - bar | || - double bar | ||o - repeat start | o|| - repeat end ************************************